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partments, and therefore the variations in temperature expe- 
rienced by the fruit itself must have been somewhat less than 
that shown in the records of the temperature of the fruit room. 
This storage house gives very satisfactory results. The 
efficiency of the natural temperature room is shown exactly in 
the table of temperature on page 254. A comparatively low tem- 
perature can be maintained in the fall by opening the windows 
at night and closing them during the day. In winter a single 
large-burner lamp holds the temperature above the freezing 
point of fruit in the coldest weather, even with a strong wind 
blowing. 
METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE TESTS. 
About 100 apples of each variety were usually included in the 
test where this number of proper specimens could be obtained. 
The conditions for the different varieties were similar. At inter- 
vals of from three to four weeks the fruit was examined and 
those apples which were unsound or had apparently passed 
marketable conditions were discarded. In this manner the exact 
record was obtained of the length of life of each apple indi- . 
vidually. This made it possible to determine the average life in 
storage of each variety and the date to which the average period 
of life extended under the existing conditions. 
VARIETIES IN THE STATION TESTS, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY 
ACCORDING TO AVERAGE LIFE. 
In the following lists are shown the varieties used in the Sta- 
tion tests. They are arranged in the chronological order of 
average lives beginning with the earliest, and for convenience 
grouped by half-months except in the case of the few varieties 
whose average life fell in October: 
Varieties whose average life fell in October: 
Gracie, Parry, 
Keswick, Strode. 
Varieties whose average life fell in the first half of November: 
English Pippin, Chenango, 
Alexander, Pomona, 
Pound Sweet, Stump. 
